Tsunami Communication: Interpersonal/Intercultural, Mass Media, and Philanthropic Responses; Histori

Quantity in Basket:none Code: 1-57273-817-0 Price:$75.00 Title: Tsunami Communication Sub-title: Interpersonal/Intercultural, Mass Media, and Philanthropic Responses; Historical, Technical, Ethical and Development Communication Editor(s): Linda K. Fuller Publish Date: June 2010 Pages: 312 Format: Cloth

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It has been called “the world’s worst recorded natural disaster,” and “the largest earthquake in 40 years,” galvanizing the largest global relief effort in history. For those of us involved in the discipline and/or the practice of communications, we realized that it presented a unique case study from a number of perspectives. Both the media and the public became so enraptured and enmeshed in the story of the tsunami of December 26, 2004, bringing to the fore a piece of geography and a peoples too rarely considered prior to the tragedy, that we felt compelled to examine the phenomenon. The overwhelming significance of this volume comes from its being a combination of both academic scholars and development practitioners in the field. Its poignancy becomes underscored from their wide-ranging perspectives, with 21 chapters representing some 14 different countries. Their realities provide not only credibility but also an unprecedented sensitivity to communication issues. Our approach here considers Tsunami 2004 from five communication perspectives: 1.) Interpersonal/ intercultural, 2.) Mass media, 3.) Telecommunications, 4.) Ethics, philanthropy, and development communication, and 5.) Personal testimonies and observations. You will learn even more here about the theory and practice of disaster/crisis communication. Contents: Introduction, Linda K. Fuller. INTERPERSONAL/ INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. Psychosocial Perspectives of the Sri Lankan Tsunami Experience, Champika K. Soysa. Tsunami: Social and Cultural New Dimensions for Past Conflicts, Susana N. Vittadini Andrés. MASS MEDIA. Death on the Front Page: “Awesome Things” and This Thing Called Humanity, Folker Hanusch and Jan Servaes. Fourth Media World?: U.S. Mainstream Newspaper Coverage of the 2004 Tsunami in Somalia, Malaysia and Myanmar, Ernest Waititu and Anne Cooper-Chen. Gender, Media and Tsunamis, Ammu Joseph. The Political Tsunami: Not All Death and Destruction is Natural, Michael I. Niman. A Tsunami of News Coverage: The Christian Science Monitor on the 12/27 Disaster, Linda K. Fuller. Assessing U.S. Coverage of Tsunami 2004, Danny Schechter. Race, Nation and Ideology: CNN in Sri Lanka for Tsunami 2004, Kumarini Silva. TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Tsunami Communication in Finland: Top/Down, Homespun Framing About a Global Phenomenon, Ullamaija Kivikuru. The Internet and Tsunami 2004: Shahiraa Sahul Hameed et al. ETHICS, PHILANTHROPY AND DEVELOPMENT. Participation in Development Programs: An Indonesian Case Study from the 2004 Tsunami, Frank Hairgrove and Royal Colle. Contribution Competition: Multinational Media Coverage of Government Donations to Tsunami 2004 Victims, Pamela Tremain Koch. Some Considerations on Tsunami 2004, Manuel Pares I Maicas. Reporting the 2004 Tsunami: Media, Ethics and the Aftermath of a Disaster, James Hollings. Tsunami Aid: A Case Study of Australia’s Response, Leanne White. PERSONAL TESTIMONIES AND OBSERVATIONS. Dealing with Personal Loss from Tsunami 2004, Parichart Sthapitanonda. Gender and Natural Disasters: Focusing on a Gender Perspective of the Tsunami Disaster, Rochelle Jones. Tsunami Disaster: A Failure in Science Communication, David Dickson. Tides of Hope, Warren Feek. Author Index. Subject Index.